Virtue Quotes

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Birth is nothing where virtue is not — Moliere
God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the… — Phyllis McGinley
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound… — Charles Dickens
O son, thou hast not true humility, The highest virtue, mother of them all; But her thou hast not know; for what is this? Thou… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Build up virtue, and you master all. — Laozi
Laws without morals are in vain. — Benjamin Franklin
No government can continue good but under the control of the people; and . . . . their minds are to be informed by education… — Thomas Jefferson
The order of nature [is] that individual happiness shall be inseparable from the practice of virtue. — Thomas Jefferson
Without virtue, happiness cannot be. — Thomas Jefferson
The institution of delegated power implies that there is a portion of virtue and honor among mankind which may be a reasonable foundation of confidence. — Alexander Hamilton
The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most… — James Madison
. . . Virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we… — Patrick Henry
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and… — George Mason
Courage is the human virtue that counts most-courage to act on limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That's all any of us have. — Robert Frost
Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught… — Ayn Rand
[V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. — George Washington
Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue? — George Washington
[T]here is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists . . . an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness. — George Washington
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to… — George Washington
The aggregate happiness of the society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is, or ought to be, the end of… — George Washington
Human rights can only be assured among a virtuous people. The general government . . . can never be in danger of degenerating into a… — George Washington
Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits . . . it is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the… — Fisher Ames
It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people. — Richard Henry Lee
The diminution of public virtue is usually attended with that of public happiness, and the public liberty will not long survive the total extinction of… — Samuel Adams
[M]en will be free no longer then while they remain virtuous. — Samuel Adams

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